Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/792 Surname: abbott, short, horner ------------------------- My grandmother,Rosa Maud Abbott, was born in Whiteside County in June of 1872, father was Charles Abbott. Rosa married Walter Short in 1887 and had 3 children,Earl Henry, Almira Sarah and Levan. No record of Walter Short. Rosa married Camden Sylvester Horner, a friend of her fathers,in 1893. Camden was 19 years older than Rosa. They had six children, Ray & Roy,May Freeman, Nellie Gladys, Lester M. and Mildred (my mother) Camden died in 1909 in Chicago. I am looking for info on Charles Abbott.